Stabat Mater in Latin: the Mother was standing.

Stabat Mater in Latin: the Mother was standing.

Stabat Mater is the title of a thirteenth-century Latin hymn and it means “the Mother was standing.” In Latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which describe the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin at the Cross.

In Latin: Stabat Mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa dum pendebat Filius

in English: The grieving Mother stood weeping beside the cross where her Son was hanging.

Beautiful hymn elaborates more spiritual comprehension

The Mother stood grieving beside the cross weeping while on it hung her Son
The sorrowful Mother stood full of tears by the Cross while her Son was hanging there. The mother of sorrows stood in tears beside the cross on which her Son was hanging Weeping stood the Mother of Sorrows next the Cross, the while her Son hung there. The Mother stood sorrowing by the cross weeping while her Son hung there. The sorrowful Mother stood weeping before the cross where hung her Son
At the cross her station keeping, stood the mournful mother weeping, close to Jesus to the last.

Today is September 15

Please click September 15 Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows